Is this gear allright?

[Luutarhuri]

Treeclimb SRT-1 Ascent Kit

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Ascent kit | single rope | max. height of anchor point 30 m

 

I'm thinkin of getting this set and a treemotion harnes to start practicing on. Is the price ok, how about the rope?

[carlos]

it depends on what you are trying to do??

you will need more than a harness and this kit to work in the tree safely

[Dan Maynard]

I have never heard of people using these devices for tree work, seems a bit of a funny kit to be honest.

[Haironyourchest]

That's a (partial) setup for the RADS (Rapid Ascent/Descent System)

 

There should be a micro pulley in there as well.

 

I started on this system, it's useable, not great. Basically it's the setup for industrial rope access and good for that application. Excellent for going straight down, not so good for going up and bad for moving around laterally in the canopy. Hard to advance the climb line. It works for rope access because it's main feature is easy and foolproof rapid descent. Rope access guys rappel off the top of a structure to reach their work position. Not too much ascending involved.

 

Whereas we climb the rope/tree to our work position, and must have a retrievable anchor.

 

I switched to trad double rope after a few years of frustration. But my RADS system still comes in handy from time to time. If I can get the single rope through a good high crotch, I can use it to haul up my double rope and pulley, then basal anchor the single rope with the Grigri/descender. This allows someone else to lower me if need be, and the descender devices are pretty rugged and foolproof.

 

I wouldn't buy the setup again though.

 

 

[peds]

14 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

. Rope access guys rappel off the top of a structure to reach their work position. Not too much ascending involved.

 

Whereas we climb the rope/tree to our work position, and must have a retrievable anchor.

 

Why not just rappel straight down from the top of the tree instead? It'd be loads quicker.

 

 

 

Anyway, Petzl ID is a great bit of kit for all sorts of things, but there's no way on Earth that I'd choose it for moving around in a tree unless it was the only thing available. 

Spend the money on something else... like a prusik...